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Original Title:	The Lonesome Gods
ISBN:	0553275186 (ISBN13: 9780553275186)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Zachary Verne, Johannes Verne, Jacob Finney, Thomas Fraser, Doug Farley, Miss Nesselrode, Kelso, Fletcher, Peg-leg Smith
Setting:	California Territory,1846(United States)

The Lonesome Gods

Louis L'Amour

Paperback | Pages: 545 pages

Rating: 4.18 | 7033 Users | 536 Reviews

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Title	:	The Lonesome Gods
Author	:	Louis L'Amour
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 545 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1984 by Bantam (first published April 1983)
Categories	:	Westerns. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics

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“I am Johannes Verne, and I am not afraid.”
 
This was the boy’s mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws, but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather’s eyes, full of impenetrable hatred. Raised in part by Indians, then befriended by a mysterious woman, Johannes grew up to become a rugged adventurer and an educated man. But even now, strengthened by the love of a golden-haired girl and well on his way to making a fortune in bustling early-day Los Angeles, the past may rise up to threaten his future once more. And this time only the ancient gods of the desert can save him.

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My first L'amour book but definitely not my last! I really had trouble putting this book down! Great story, great life lessons, great characters!



Another big book from L'Amour, and it works well. I liked it much.

Johannes Verne repeats often....I am Johannes Verne , and I am not afraid; he needs to. As a boy of six traveling many weeks from New Mexico to California in the early 1840's, inside a single slow moving wagon with his brave dying father Zachary , a widower and a few others including the kind Miss Nesselrode , he will require continuous courage . Toxic outlaws, unfriendly Indians and hot deserts, cold mountains, dangerous animals, bad weather a smorgasbord of death. However little Johannes must

This is a long book for L'Amour. He spends some time getting philosophical - a boy on his own living in the desert, communing with nature, learning & such. There's a good look at early Los Angeles - well, it sounded good to me. I can't vouch for actual historical accuracy, though. It was interesting, not just a shoot 'em up.

For a long time I thought HONDO was the best novel I ever read by L'Amour. I'm not ready to revise that opinion, but THE LONESOME GODS comes as close as any other to push HONDO. It's an excellent, epic story. Lots of action, real emotion, and a strong sense of the birth of Los Angeles.

1996: Good!2018: 3.5 starsMy review back in 1996 was overly brief, so I read the book again. All of L'Amour's works are at my fingertips since this is one of the few authors that my father reads ... and re-reads. He doesn't have a favorite title. Does L'Amour still have a following? Or has the West been so diminished and civilized that these novels have become 'fossils.'This begins:I sat very still, as befitted a small boy among strangers, staring wide-eyed into a world I did not know. I was six